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Infographic of the Day: “A History Of The Beatles As Told By Their Hair” by deviantARTist mozzarellapoppy.

RIP John & George.

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Someone keeps official score of the Celebrity Softball All-Star Game.  Great job or worst job?

I was not named on TIME's Best Blogs of 2010 list.

A new game: Look at the quotes and headlines below. I went searching for material on (a) the oil spill and (b) vuvuzelas. Can you figure out what matches up with (a) and (b)? Answers in the comments.

1. "It was awful, awful. I can't tell you how awful it was."

2. A DISASTER OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS

3. AN ECO-DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN

4. "Are we really expected to put up with this?"

5. "It's disgracing our country and making our visitors fed-up."

The World Cup will eventually end, but that doesn't mean the vuvuzela love must. Go ahead and read BANANA GRABBERS DOT COM to the sound of the South African horns.

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Soccer ball and little flag, yo!

1. I disabled the Twitter updates. If you want to follow me, click here and just add a request. I mostly keep it private as an easy way to block out the spammers, corporations and followhores who bulk add me. Basically, I'd rather an update on this blog be greeted with an "oh, cool" reaction and not "oh, this bullshit again."

2. I have not given up on Test Specimens. "Real Life" has intervened, but it will be back.

3. I am seeking a new layout for this blog. So, apologies if you come here and it looks briefly awful. Also, if you have any suggestions, post them in the comments. WordPress themes are generally terrible, and it's hard to find the worthwhile themes.

"Shockingly good" might be the best way to summarize my reaction to MacGruber. That, of course, is a matter of low expectations, but I only mention it because I don't want to sell the movie too high or too low. It's an imperfect beast that was just right for me late this afternoon.

MacGruber hits many of my weak spots. It is, in many ways, right up my alley. I love a good running gag, and there are plenty here. I also love the original skit (something I can't say about most SNL recurring characters), and while the film is nothing like those sketches, it put my butt in the seat.

But what really works in the most general sense -- and why I'll recommend it to all of you, although you probably won't have a good chance of seeing it until DVD -- is the really dirty edge that the film walks. There are just some really cool jokes here that you wouldn't expect from a comedy based on an SNL character, and Forte makes them work. He's always exploited a pretty face to say some pretty incredible, dark things in his career. MacGruber works at both 3 minutes and 90 minutes for this very reason. The character may have been thin, but Forte has the chops to broaden him.

• RT @philabright: Great sign at the Wach... "Ville Wonka and the Goal Scoring Factory." #
• Security deposit isn't all mine, but most of it is. I sort of expected the charge, though, so I'm chalking it up as a victory. #
• Good news: Indian food and Flyers tonight. Bad news: I cannot find MacGruber anywhere in my neck of the woods. #
• RT @devincf: That Adidas/STAR WARS thing... it's like STAR WARS will suck your dick for five bucks these days. #
• HDTV's greatest feature: much easier to spot fans flipping off athletes at sporting events. #
• Watching the World Cup warm-up. Such a weird atmosphere. Glad I woke up for it. #